Room Rental Agreement in Arkansas

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Arkansas law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No special statute for a lodger in the owner's home. The Act's exclusions cover transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other accommodations subject to lodging sales tax, but do not exclude renting a room in an owner-occupied home. The Act defines a 'roomer' as a person occupying a unit lacking a landlord-provided toilet, tub or shower, refrigerator, stove and kitchen sink, where facilities are shared; a roomer paying weekly with no fixed term has a week-to-week tenancy. Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Mar. 28, 2024). Source: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-17-202(4), 18-17-301, 18-17-401(c)
Tenancy at will	Arkansas's residential act does not use the term 'tenancy at will'. Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, a residential tenancy is month to month (week to week for a roomer who pays weekly), and either side may end it by written notice at least 30 days (or 7 days for week-to-week) before the termination date. A person who entered lawfully but keeps possession after a written demand for possession is guilty of unlawful detainer. Text from the enacted act (Act 1004 of 2007); later amendments may change details. Source: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-17-401(c), 18-17-704(a)-(b); § 18-60-304(2)

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No special statute for a lodger in the owner's home. The Act's exclusions cover transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other accommodations subject to lodging sales tax, but do not exclude renting a room in an owner-occupied home. The Act defines a 'roomer' as a person occupying a unit lacking a landlord-provided toilet, tub or shower, refrigerator, stove and kitchen sink, where facilities are shared; a roomer paying weekly with no fixed term has a week-to-week tenancy.

Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Mar. 28, 2024).

Source: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-17-202(4), 18-17-301, 18-17-401(c)

Tenancy at will

Arkansas's residential act does not use the term 'tenancy at will'. Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, a residential tenancy is month to month (week to week for a roomer who pays weekly), and either side may end it by written notice at least 30 days (or 7 days for week-to-week) before the termination date. A person who entered lawfully but keeps possession after a written demand for possession is guilty of unlawful detainer.

Text from the enacted act (Act 1004 of 2007); later amendments may change details.

Source: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-17-401(c), 18-17-704(a)-(b); § 18-60-304(2)

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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